In the “Knowledge to Business" competence area, we focus on market and technology trends in future-oriented areas of chemistry and on networking and cluster formation between companies and universities in the Ruhr region along the value stream. Cooperation projects related to plastics are handled within the polymer network initiative. (www.polymernetzwerk.de)
This network allows companies, universities and research establishments to exchange information and to launch cooperation and innovation projects for plastic production and processing. Such joint ventures may be established for specific contracts or in areas where cooperation is in the interests of the companies involved.